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4.0 out of 5 stars
They don't write em like this anymore,
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This review is from: The King of Time: Selected Writings of the Russian Futurian (Hardcover)
The King of Time is the best of that wacked out genre we call the manifesto. Khlebnikov imagines a future that is half socialist utopia, half bladerunner. The most outlandish idea might be the transparent glass spheres stacked up like bee hives in which we would live if old Velimir had his way. What makes this work a palatable read is that it's heavy on imagining new ways of social interaction but light on theorizing -- the guy's got concrete, if bizarre, ideas. Add to this enough exclamation marks to choke a donkey and you get something akin to Marx's Communist Manifesto -- only this time, it's in technicolor. Of all the crazy stuff coming out of Russia during and after the Bolshevik revolution, this work most clearly conveys the enthusiasm of artist-politicos in their attempts to reorder society. If you think "communist" is a bad word, read The King of Time -- it'll give you a new perspective.
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The King of Time: Selected Writings of the Russian Futurian by Velimir Khlebnikov (Hardcover - October 30, 1985)
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